The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-08
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF Interest Gathered from Various
Qunrters.

Crops in the vicinity OF Air -Iouht,
Miss, have been ruined by q hailstcrm.
The decrease in the public debt since the
Both June, 1886, is $92, S54, ,G21.21.
Buffalo Bill proposes to continue on
speaking terms with the English nobility,
as long as itpays.
Jay Gould is down with q bad attack OF
neuralgia at his country home on the Hud-
son.
A distinct shock Of earthquake was felt
in jamestown, n. y, on Tuesday morn
ing, but no damage was done.
The Prince of Wales is said TO have
dropped comfortable fortune on TIC
result Of the last Derby race.
It is estimated al the Treasury Depart
ment that the public debt has for the montL
of May been reduced about SIC, OO0, 600. =
Sixty-two bodies have been recovered
from the Udstone pit, near Glasgow, and
twelve are still entombcd.
The National Bank Of Palatka, Fla, is
embarrassed, and the Comptroller Of the
Currency has ordered an Investigation CT
its affairs.
4 fire In Hamburg Germany, On Tues.
day night. destroyed docks, quays AID
other property, valued at several million
marks.
Walter and Charles Davis, brothers. dcs-
peratc characters, of Perry county, lndl
ana, were lynchcd on Monday for outrag-
ing white girl Ii years old.
The news from Italy indicates that there
can be no reconciliation between the VAT
can and the Quirinal with the restitution
of the Popcs temporal power.
The Young Mems Democratic Club, OF
Hudson county, n. j., has organized =
movement to secure funds for q monument
to the late General Mcclellan.
Buffalo Bill is being overwhelmed with
social honors in London and with requests
to contribute sketches of border life III
America to various English journals.
The outcome Of the late political crisis
in France is said to be the placing OF an
| unusually economical administration IL
power. Boulanger is greeted with great
enthusiasm.
1t is said that when John L. Sullivan was
in Leadville, Col, recently, he went to
church and put $400 on the contribution
plate. The contribution plate is shown IN
proof Of the assertion.
The Princess of Wales has presented
| Mrs. James Brown Potter with handsome
gold bracelet, set with sapphires and d:a-
| monds, and an autograph letter filled with
expressions of friendly regard.
A Washington correspondent says: am
told by one who ought to know that the
President will not consider an appointment
to the vacancy on the Supreme bench till
fall, as there is no necessity TO do so.
John Sherman has made big speech be-
! fore the Illinois Legislature and gather
ing of Republicans. He compared the
records of the two great parties, in :polltics
and finances, and urged the necessity OF
| Republican asccndency.
Richard Williams, in attempting 10 jump
on a south. bound train passing over the
James river bridge, fell distance OF 90
feet below. Strange to say, he suffered
only the breaking Of his collar bone and
some severe bruises.
The boiler in the Hitchcock Manufactur-
ing Company's works at Cortland, y. l.,
exploded Monday, denlolishing the engine
room, killing one man and mortally
wounding two others. Cause unknown.
Since the adjournment CT Congress,
Senator Riddlebcrger has devoted his time
entirely to his newspaper and his law prac-
ticc In less than three months kc has
acted as senior counsel in six important
cases in his State and gained every one.
A prominent official vino has talked will,
the President says that he has decided 70
give the vacant Justiccship of the Supreme
Court to some Southern man, but the Sc
lection will not be confined to the late
Judge Woodss circuit.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania sus-
tains number of decisions Of lower Courts,
from which appeal was taken, denying the
right Of the State to tax mortgages. The
decision cuts of about half q million dol
lars revenue, but settles q long vcxed Qucs-
ton.
TIE General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church has been earnestly
discussing the question Of instrumental
music in public worship. 4 protest vas
entered by several members against giving
any money from the mission fund to con-
gregations using the organ in public wor-
ship. --
:; ;IaAp 65p Doyle, an cx-policcuan Of Bal'i-
more, who has quite ! local reputation as a
wrestler, defeated Matsada Sarakick, the
japanese athlete, in a catch-as-y -you-can
match, winning two falls out of three. The
match was for $3.50 side, and was splcn
did exhibition.
The boiler on an elevator in Huntingdon,
w. Va, exploded Monday morning, kill
ing three men and badly injuring three
others. a dozen besides were more or less
injured, and one man is missing. The elc-
vator was run by the boiler Of an old loco
motive that had been condemned.
A horse drawing carriage containing
three ladies and q gentleman, became
frightened at a train near Kansas City,
Mo, on Monday night, and ran violently
against freight car One of the ladies
was killed, and the others were r,ortally
hurt. The gentleman suffered no serious
injury.
WIN. II. Council, colored Democrat
from Alabama, has complained to the In
ter-Statc Commission that the Western aud
Atlantic Railroad charged him first class
fare, but made him ride on q Jim Grow
car. He asks the Commission to award
him 80, 900 damages, with such other re-
lief as may he proper.
There have been two attempts Wit:iin tie